golden ear

Chapter 217 Dog bites dog

"Are you going to Jiaxing, Zhejiang to look for Tang An's descendants?"

Hu Jianmin sat down and asked curiously: "Back then, Tan Jing's No. 1 fake team was Tang An. Does he have any treasures?"

Wu Tianyuan smiled mysteriously and said: "I have learned that the reason why Tan Jing quickly became a master of sea collectors back then was mainly because of Zhang Congyu's help in handling his eyes, and he also used Fa Xiao's relationship to snatch a lot of Zhang's collections."

"In 1928, Zhang Congyu's grandfather, Zhang Shiming, passed away. Three years later, the family property was divided. As the only son of the fourth house, Zhang Congyu got 200 million at once. He was only 18 years old at that time. The purchasing power of 200 million at that time was equivalent to today's 200 billion. Zhang Congyu’s daughter, Zhang Yiwen, heard from her grandmother that there were many servants in the family at that time, and the food cost only two yuan a day, but the food was chicken, duck and fish. So 200 million is a sky-high inheritance. Therefore, Zhang Congyu became a well-known wealthy young man in Shanghai, living a life of luxury and debauchery."

"Reading Zhang Congyu's diary, we can know that in his youth, he enjoyed all the luxury in the world. He spent ten miles in the foreign market, feasted and feasted, danced and danced, and spent money like water. Wang Jiqian said that unfortunately he had a bad hobby, gambling! The most famous The most important thing is to lose the big world that Shanghai is famous for in one night."

"Some of his real estate was gambled away, and some of his real estate was not successful in bank transactions. He had to lose money. The famous calligraphy and painting collection can only be mortgaged to Tan Jing. Before 1947, the 200 million inheritance was almost exhausted. In this way, he inherited Zhang Congyu probably spent less than 200 years on the huge sum of 15 million yuan from the inheritance."

Wu Tianyuan took a sip of tea and said, "Tan Jing used the calligraphy and paintings in the Zhang family to find Tang An to fake, but who is Tang An? How could he sincerely obey the command of the layman Tan Jing!"

Hu Jianmin's eyes lit up, and he asked: "Is Tang An taking the opportunity to exchange the imitation for the real one?"

"Not bad! Among other things, I found out that there are at least a dozen of them!" Wu Tianyuan had already communicated with Tan Jing's imitations, how could he not know this?

"Tang An, from Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, is more than 1947 years older than Tan Jing. He was originally an apprentice in a pharmacy. He is good at gold and stone calligraphy and painting. , is Zhao Mengfu's "Shuangsong Pingyuan Picture" collected by Tan Jing, and it was on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival in [-]."

"The counterfeiting workshop is located at No. 175, Lane 2, Yueyang Road. It is an old-style garden house owned by Tan Jing. The back door on Yongjia Road is usually used to enter and exit. Tan Jing kept it very secret, even Zhang Congyu was not allowed to see it. Xu An, one of the gang members, and his younger sister Xu Maoqian are Zhang Congyu’s aunt and the wife of coin collector Zhang Shuxun. Xu An collects ancient coins, calligraphy and paintings, and is also a good friend with Zhang Congyu. Xu An’s family has various ancient seals, and also I often provide some old ink pads, high-quality brushes and old paper silks for Tang An to use. The materials such as old papers and silk silks that are reproduced are also old things bought from BJ’s Forbidden City.”

Wu Tianyuan suddenly had a wonderful idea, isn't he doing the same thing now?A few old men are also making high imitations, but they are only cheating on the Japanese.

"Tang An, the organizer of the counterfeiting gang, died the earliest. According to Chen Ju, Tang An suffered from a strange disease in his later years. Even in June, he still had to cover himself with a thick quilt and use "Tang Pozi" to keep warm. He died of illness in Shanghai No. 1963 in 1965. People's Hospital, after the body was sent to the morgue, he actually woke up in the middle of the night, shouting that I am not dead. In 80, Tang An finally died, and he lived for more than [-] years."

"That's his retribution! It's a pity that he hid the treasure, so hurry up and find it!"

The next day, Wu Tianyuan set off for Tang An's hometown of Jiaxing. The clue was where it was. According to the information, Tang An had a daughter. Decades later, he didn't know if she was there. "

"Sister Tang? She's already dead!"

When Wu Tianyuan arrived at the Tang family's old house, it was very dilapidated. After inquiring about it, he found out that the descendant died decades ago, and now no one lives there. An uncle in the distant house is looking after him.

After winning 500 million, Wu Tianyuan listened for a long time, and finally found clues in the study, digging out the buried treasure chest.

"Yan Zhenqing's couplet in the Zhushan Hall!"

"Picture of Song Huizong's Green Bamboo and Two Sparrows!"

"Zeng Gong's post!"

Wu Tianyuan was extremely excited, there was actually Yan Zhenqing's original work, invincible!
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite, and he is good at running and regular script. He created the "Yan style" regular script, and is known as the "Four Great Masters of Regular Script" together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun.It is also called "Yan Liu" together with Liu Gongquan, and is called "Yan Jin Liu Gu".

"There is also Zeng Gong's hand scroll, at least a thousand characters. Last time Wang Zhongjun bought a 2-character note for more than 124 million yuan? Will he regret it if he sees it?"

Wu Tianyuan laughed loudly, if Wang Zhongjun saw the intestines, he would regret it!However, this is Zeng Gong's only surviving hand scroll, and it must be in a museum, and it will not be sold.

"Since we're here, let's go directly to Jixian County, Hebei Province, which is Sun Yingzhou's hometown, and see if there is any gain?"

Wu Tianyuan summed up the experience of the past few times. During the Republic of China, collectors experienced turbulent times, and many collections were raided. This is a rare opportunity.Maybe someone hides it privately, so he can pick it up.

Sun Yingzhou, a well-known expert in ancient ceramic appraisal, once donated a large number of precious cultural relics to the Palace Museum, was rewarded by the Central People's Government, and was hired as a consultant of the Palace Museum.During his tenure in the Forbidden City, he re-appraised the ceramics in the Forbidden City, and assisted the Forbidden City in purchasing a large number of cultural relics for the country.

From the liberation to the joint venture in 1956, Sun Yingzhou ran the antique business in Yuhuazhai for 36 years, so he had a very large inventory. In addition to porcelain and bronze wares, there were also many rhino horn cups and other cultural relics.

In the end, he generously donated more than 3000 pieces of cultural relics accumulated by his bleak management and years of collection to the Forbidden City, enriching the collection of cultural relics in the courtyard.Among them, there are as many as 2000 pieces of ceramics alone, and 25 pieces of porcelain such as the Ming Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup have been designated as first-class cultural relics.

After Mr. Sun went to work in the Palace Museum, facing tens of thousands of ceramic collections, he tried his best to display his talents.He led the staff to re-identify the ceramics in the Forbidden City.

He is also concerned about the improvement of the professional knowledge level of young people, and imparts ancient ceramics appraisal experience to young people.The disciples who received Sun Lao’s true biography back then have been distributed all over the country, and now most of them have become experts and scholars in the field of ancient ceramics appraisal, including Mr. Geng Baochang, a nationally famous ancient ceramics appraisal expert and researcher of the Palace Museum.

In May 1966, the great revolution spread across the country, and Sun Xunzhou was designated as a "capitalist roader". He failed to survive this test and died in September.Sun Hongqi, the son who worked in the BJ cultural relics store, was implicated because of his father's problems. He was sent to Shanxi in 5 and did not return to BJ until 9 after the implementation of the policy.

Wu Tianyuan came to Jixian County, Hebei Province, found Sun Yingzhou's hometown, and there are still descendants there, went around the house, bought it at a high price, and dug out a small treasure box under the woodshed.

"Another chicken bowl cup!"

"This is the Ming Chenghua Doucai Sanqiu Cup! It's the same as the Forbidden City!"

"Chenghua Doucai Tianzi Jar? I remember it was only 12 and a half years old!"

Needless to say, the chicken bowl cup, plus this Wu Tianyuan has three in his hand!
Wu Tianyuan was playing with the Sanqiu Cup, a light and delicate bucket-colored porcelain cup, with two butterflies painted on the white and delicate carcass as thin as a cicada's wings, flying around among the mountains, rocks, flowers and plants.

The purple glaze applied on the wings of one of the butterflies is thick and dull, but this is exactly the inherent feature of Chenghua Doucai in the Ming Dynasty, and this is also what later imitations cannot imitate. This purple color is the so-called " Chazi" or "poor purple".

"There is one in the Forbidden City, and I have one here. See if there is a chance to make a pair?"

He picked up the Tianzi jar again. The Tianzi jar is so famous that there are only 12 and a half pieces left in the world. It can be seen in BJ's Forbidden City, Taipei's Forbidden City, and large museums in Tokyo and London.

The word "Tian" is written on the bottom of the pot as the base payment, and it is written as "Chengyao Tianzi pot" in Qing files.Generally speaking, bottles are the most valuable among porcelain, and jars are second-class.

In the past, the antique shop said: "The one lying on the stomach" is the bowl and plate.As for the jar, it is neither high nor low, and can be regarded as "squatting", so its status is not as good as that of a bottle.However, the Tianzi jar is very famous and has a high status, so it must be the imperial porcelain.

Among the cultural relics of the Forbidden City, the one compiled as "Tianzi No. [-]" is a small bench.It is said that when the number was arranged, the staff saw this small bench as soon as they entered the door, so they ranked it as the number one in Tianzi.

Tianzi jars are not only precious today, they are especially precious in history.There is a record in the Qianlong period. On June [-]th of the ninth year of Qianlong, the Office of the Hall of Mental Cultivation sent a Tianzi jar with a lack of glaze into a kiln, and a decree was issued: "Make a jar with a lid with a lack of glaze, and write Hand it over to Tang Ying to mend the glaze. If you can mend it, send it over. If you can’t mend it, you don’t need to mend it, but send it as usual. Here you go.”

Tang Ying was very nervous after seeing the imperial decree. He took the pot back to JDZ, wondering how to fill up the glaze.After a few months, he made three new pairs and brought them back to the emperor together with the original pot.

He wrote the memorial and said: "The minion Fucha sent to the Tianzi cover pot, which belongs to the kiln. It has been a long time, and the fire has subsided. If the lack of glaze is to be replenished, it must be refired in the furnace. Fearing that the fire will attack the furnace, Yu The texture of the old kiln is really not suitable, so I dare not take the liberty to repair the glaze. I would like to send it to the kiln factory to imitate the size of the original pot, make three pairs, and send it to Beijing. Your Majesty's wisdom. I would like to play it." After reading Tang Ying's memorial, Qianlong wrote: Lane.

The Tianzi pot is the first of its kind in Chenghua. It is decorated with patterns of seahorses, flowers and plants, but there are no patterns of figures.The word "Tian" written on the bottom of the tank is characterized by no column or frame.Underneath the Ming and Qing porcelains are written "Ming Wanli Annual System" and "Great Qing Qianlong Annual System", either with double blue circles or a square frame.

From Wanli to the three dynasties of Kang, Yong and Qian, it is common to see imitations of Tianzi pots. For 500 years, Tianzi pot has been covered with a veil of mystery.Its purpose is still unknown.

Wu Tianyuan excitedly took all the treasures back. This time the treasure hunt only lasted less than a week, but the harvest was huge.The calligraphy and paintings are all treasures of the Song Dynasty, eight of which are from Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty alone, and the original works of Yan Zhenqing, which are priceless treasures!
Porcelain is also a rare treasure. There are only two Sanqiu cups in existence, one for myself and one for the Forbidden City. If Mr. Geng sees it, he will definitely go crazy!
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